Talking about politics and religion is a big No No in our family for a lack of a better way to put it. My guess is that it’s the same with you. However, my husband likes to talk about all of these things very openly and to anyone who will stick around to hear his ideas. He’s not trying to persuade people with his opinions. He just wants to be able to discuss issues intelligently. I don’t see anything wrong with that. If anything it could help someone make a more informed decision.

Where we live (small town America) a lot of people equate religion with the republican party so they vote republican for that reason alone. Or they vote for a candidate based on who their family votes for not knowing anything substantial about either party. For instance, (this is a real-life example) recently we were sitting around discussing politics with a few people. During the course of the conversation, someone stepped in and told why they were voting for their candidate all the while citing very specific issues with which they were for yet the party they were voting for was totally against – all because they were uninformed. This is scary.

For the most part I think I’ve kept myself out of those types of conversations almost entirely unless someone asks me specifically. I listen to others ideas because I like being informed. I’m not going to go into some huge discussion of who I’m voting for and why because we all have access to the facts if we want to seek them out. And, I don’t care who you vote for – just go vote in November.

P.S. There is an Obama Bumper sticker on our car.:)

Obama ’08.

edited to add: I’m not suggesting that you vote for my candidate. I’m not that influential. I’m merely suggesting that you think for yourself.